When people buy a heart shaped container on amazon, browse cat pictures on tumblr, and watch a certain anime on crunchyroll, they probably don't mind. What is a

When people buy a heart shaped container on amazon, browse cat pictures on tumblr, and watch a certain anime on crunchyroll, they probably don't mind. What is a problem is when people take all these disparate actions, aggregate them, and then create a "profile" for each person's personality is where they start to worry. It's the same as how people go outside, go to restaurants, stores, gyms in the public and don't hide their faces because there's no shame in what they're doing. If, however, you as an individual follow them throughout their day, jotting notes on what they're doing, when they're doing it, and with who, you're considered a creep even though you've observed things in the open.